Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: Web3 messaging protocol developer LayerZero Labs raised a $120M Series B at a $3B valuation, up from $1B in March 2022 when the startup raised $135M — The cross-chain interoperability and messaging protocol last raised funds in March 2022 at a $1 billion valuation.
Read MoreThe Edge 40 Pro will be sold in lunar blue and regular ol’ black. | Image: Motorola Motorola hasn’t had much of a presence in the flagship phone space in the past couple of years, but that might be about to change. The company is unveiling the Edge 40 Pro, which is a global version
Read MoreRealSense cameras have been a fascinating piece of tech from Intel — we’ve seen a number of cool applications in the hacker world, from robots to smart appliances. Unfortunately Intel did discontinue parts of the RealSense lineup at one point, specifically the LiDAR and face tracking-tailored models. Apparently, these haven’t been popular, and we haven’t
Read MoreCredit: Motorola The Motorola Edge 40 Pro is confirmed to come to Europe and Latin America. A premium flagship, the new Edge sports a formidable spec sheet. It starts at €899.99 (~$982) and could appear in North America this year. Motorola fans have been on a rollercoaster over the past few years. The company has
Read MoreFrom paying attention to fees to balancing what works for you, here are 13 answers to the question, “Is crowdfunding for startups a good idea? Why or why not?” No, High Transaction Fees No, Too Many Lenders No, Beware the Double-Edged Sword Yes, but Look for Restrictions Yes, but Not for Everyone Yes, but as
Read MoreTim Hardwick / MacRumors: Apple reports an issue with its Weather app on iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and macOS, ongoing for over five hours; some users have had issues for over a week — Apple is currently experiencing issues with its weather data provider, leaving many users unable to see live weather information and forecasts for
Read MoreTom Bristow / Politico: The UK ICO fines TikTok £12.7M for failing to protect kids’ data, saying the app “should have done better”, down from a £27M fine proposed in September 2022 — The ICO estimates that 1.4 million children in the UK were on TikTok in 2020.
Read MoreDaniel Radcliffe in the original series of Harry Potter movies. | Image: Harry Potter/Warner Brothers A new TV series based on the original seven Harry Potter books could be on the way, according to a report from Bloomberg citing two individuals with knowledge of the as-yet-unsigned deal. It’s reportedly hoped that the series will be
Read MoreExcessive heat, ever fiercer storms, and a reliance on fossil fuels are becoming an existential crisis for the yearly festival in the Nevada desert.
Read MoreIllustration: Laura Normand / The Verge “Elon [Musk]’s Twitter deal certainly must also rank as the most time-adjusted value-destructive leveraged buyout of all time,” says William Cohan, writing for Puck. While Musk has estimated Twitter’s value as $20 billion in a March 31st email to employees — meaning its value dropped by more than half
Read MoreThanks to large language models, a single scammer can run hundreds or thousands of cons in parallel, night and day, in every language under the sun.
Read MoreSam Kim / Bloomberg: SEMI report: Japan is expected to spend $7B on chipmaking equipment in 2024, up 82% on 2023, the largest in the world; China’s spending is forecast to rise 2% — Japan is poised to sharply raise its chip-gear spending in an attempt to boost its position in the global semiconductor market
Read MoreThousands of contaminated sites are sitting on permafrost that’ll soon thaw, a looming disaster that could spread beyond the region.
Read MoreThe tech giant dreams of filling the skies with package-bearing drones. But it has repeatedly failed to clear technical and regulatory hurdles.
Read MoreThe coming renaissance will bring with it wonder, wreckage, and a complete loss of control over your image.
Read MoreThe tech giant is helping researchers and clinicians decipher vast amounts of data generated by people with persistent symptoms.
Read MoreVenture into the sun with books on magical mushrooms, Paris Hilton, and more.
Read MoreAlice Pelton, founder of The Lowdown, the world’s first contraception review platform, discusses the power of equipping women with information.
Read MoreThe tech giant’s project in Atlanta is on an “indefinite pause,” leaving locals with the inflated prices but none of the jobs and investment.
Read MoreNothing’s Ear (1) were good, but fell down in some key areas. The new Ear (2) might cost a little more than Nothing’s first effort, but they’re a step above what came before.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google introduced a limit on the number of files that you can create and save in Drive, as reported earlier by Ars Technica and CNET. The company confirmed to The Verge that the change would have allowed you to can create a maximum of 5 million files in
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority A leaker and analyst has claimed that Apple’s base iPhones will only get 120Hz screens in 2025. That means you should expect the iPhone 17 to be the first base model with a 120Hz display. Apple has restricted high refresh rate screens to iPhone Pro models since introducing the
Read MoreMiles Morales swinging by to grab a hot dog. There may come a day when the trailer-based hype around Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) no longer feels warranted, but that day is categorically not today. Across the Spider-Verge’s new trailer finds Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) doing just fine in his home universe as
Read MoreThere are projects you create to share with the world, but there are also those you do just because you want something for yourself. Lucky for us, [Dietrich-L]’s 30-year-long project to create CPM-65, a CP/M-like OS for the 6502, has become both. [Dietrich-L] does admit that the documentation is “sparse” and “for my personal needs.”
Read MoreBethan Staton / Financial Times: Anti-plagiarism software maker Turnitin launches a service to detect AI-generated text in academia, claiming 98% confidence compared to OpenAI’s 26% — Turnitin launches service to check for text generated by services such as ChatGPT — The makers of popular plagiarism detection software …
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